Autonomous moving body and control program for autonomous moving body
US11345032B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 9, 2019 |
| Grant date | May 31, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 21, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/0289
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An autonomous moving body capable of appropriately avoiding an approaching autonomous moving body and efficiently executing a given task even when the autonomous moving bodies are not controlled by a single system or without intercommunication between them and a control program for the autonomous moving body are provided. An autonomous moving body moves along a planned moving path in order to execute a given task, and includes an external sensor that recognizes another autonomous moving body given another task and an operation state thereof, an avoidance determination unit that determines, when it predicts that the autonomous moving body and the another autonomous moving body recognized by the external sensor may come into contact with each other as they approach each other, whether to avoid the another autonomous moving body, and a movement control unit that controls a movement unit based on the determination of the avoidance determination unit.
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